Elementary 📚 Vocabulary · #680 of 1319

shy (adj.)

nervous around others

Examples

  • A shy child.

Key rules

  • Shy means nervous or uncomfortable with other people
  • A shy child, shy with strangers
  • Shyness is the noun
💡 Tip: Describing children // Describing personalities // Social situations
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